i recently completed a site that dynamically loads jpegs and when viewed in a browser, the pics are SO blurry. i'm confused because i have another site, set up the same way, and the pics aren't blurry at all. the pics for the two sites were taken by two different digital cameras, but i opti...more >>

Hi there. I have reviewed several posts on shared libraries and fonts ? but could not quite put it together for my movie. When I drag fonts from my shared library movie into my current fla file, such as the main_menu.fla and select a dynamic text box and go to my font panel and select th...more >>

I'm just wondering if there is a way to make motion tweens using AS. Let's say I want to write a function that moves my_mc from point A to point B over X amount of time. Or I want to fade in my_mc over an X period of time. How would I do this? ...more >>

Hello all! I have an externally loaded swf (loaded into a blank mc). On the main timeline of the external swf, I have a button with this script: on (rollOver) { tellTarget ("control") { gotoAndPlay(2); } However when the swf is loaded into a blank mc, this code no longer works. ...more >>

Hi Is it possable to have a text box and a button that says submit and when you click the button that says submit save the contents of the textbox in a text file. Then can I read the contents of the text file into a lable? ...more >>

I created a very simple text ticker using the Label component. The text comes from an external file and I set the label.html = true, so that it is easy to just include html to change the text properties and to make it very easy to insert a hyperlink. The problem is, I want the ticker to slow...more >>

Hi , I am new to flash development, Can you please help on these. I would like to intialize and declare variables as soon as flash renderes GUI, Can you suggest me correct events for this. i placed following code in Layer 1 : Frame 1, but it not displaying variables correctly in trace. ...more >>

Hi all, I have an HTML file that I am loading into a multiline textbox in MX. I want to attach a style-sheet to the textbox so I can have each line of text alternate between no backgroun color and a set bg color. My stylesheet contains: .alternating { background-color: "#DDDDDD...more >>

Is there a way to dynamically execute code from a string? A trivial example: var codeString:String = "var a:Number = 10; myDebugBox.text = a;" executeCode(codeString); // should display 10 in myDebugBox once replaced with actual function name! The idea is that I could type some Acti...more >>

Hi! I want to create an Autorun CD-Men? with Flash MX 2004. I have a Menue entry "Search CD-Rom...", which should open the Windows Explorer and select the CD-Rom for file browsing. I dind't find a solution for this. Please can anyone help me, or give me a hint? Thanks, Christia...more >>

Hi All, Is there any way to save the final frame of a swf file into JPEG format. Actually the need is that the user comes online selects a graphic and userdefined text which is in flash and when he submits the flash it should generate a jpeg/tiff/AI(whichever possible) file of that flash file...more >>

hello, i use Flash Pro Beta2. i made a class that name is _flare and this class is in a classes directory and there is a fla file that call that class from classes directory i am given an error message : **Error** C:\Documents and Settings\Delizade\Desktop\IREM\denemeler\classes1\_fla...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to convert an old game to be published as flash 7, with actionscript 2.0, but I can't seem to find how to translate the following: todest = /:destroy; tellTarget ("/sound") { gotoAndPlay (2); } What does /: in the first line mean?... For the rest I guess it's: _roo...more >>

Hi Guys, I did find some support for dynamically loading external jpg's. Is it possible to insert pictures (jpegs) dynamically into .fla library such that a peice of code within a file enables a user to import jpgs, which can then be loaded dynamically? Just to give u a background about:...more >>

Is there a good site for learning AS? I am looking for something like w3schools. ...more >>

Hello, I am loading an image dynamically. Then I get the values of the width and height.(in pixels) (let's say the vars imgWidth and imgHeight) Then I have 2 Nummeric Steppers from the Components. Stepper 1 is the height en stepper 2 the width. Stepper 1 is standard on value "40" (this s...more >>

If you are making a quiz game, and you want to keep score of the number of questions the player gets right, how do you write this up in the actionscript language? I tried writing the following action in the first frame: numcorrect = 0; Then, to each button that correspond...more >>

hi , The prob I am facing.Due to nullifying onRollOver in my function and calling it onRelease.Its getting permanently deleted. Ex)when I click home_mc ,then contanct_mcand I try to hover over home_mc , there is no rollOver effect .ie)RollOver effect does appear for menu items which h...more >>

Hi I'm sure this must be pretty straightforward but I'm obviously missing something basic here I have a movie with 6 'sections', each at a named frame on the main timeline I have 6 buttons, each corresponding to an individual section, to which I want to assign an onRelease=gotoandSto...more >>

Hey Folks, I searched everywhere and tried everything I could find or think of and 3 days later I'm giving up. I have a nav clip that is full of thumbnails for a gallery type thing. You can see it here: .childNodes.attributes.link); } //trace(xmlfile.getBytesLoaded()); _root.a...more >>

HI, my String in Chinese arrives from a Text file, loaded by ASP, to Flash LoadVars like this>>: "???????????????????????????????????????" What could I do?? Must I do something with my ASP? Many thanks in advance Luciewong ...more >>

Hi, I've downloaded the flash detection kit but I'm having some problems combining the Flash Player Express Install scripts with the scripts generated from Flash 8. I've noticed that the scripts created from Flash 8 are different from the scripts in the file called playerProductInstall.htm...more >>

One day time limit expiration ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm searching for an actionscript that will check the date and only play my swf file for one day. No matter what day the swf was original launched it will only last that one day. I wou...more >>

I have a problem with loading a txt-file in my flashmovie. When I test my movie it works fine, but when I publish my movie it doesn't work anymore. What's wrong? _root.tekstVar = new LoadVars(); _root.tekstVar.load("algemeen.txt"); _root.tekstVar.onLoad = function(success){ if...more >>

Hi, I have populated the datagrid component from a loop with addItem. Now when I click a row I want to get de value of the ID of the cell. How can I do this?...more >>

Greetings everyone, I am new to this forum board, so go easy on me. Anyways, yes, I need a programmer for a game I started throwing together. Though it has sort have already been made already, I feel that it can be improved. This game is no other then... Mega Man X! Ahem, anywho, I'v...more >>

Hi I need help with dynamic text from XML. I am loading xml in my flash movie and in nested movie clip I created dynamic text field which is populated with data from XML "var in properties box". When I test movie I am seeing everything fine data is loaded into the text field. Then I used ?free...more >>

Hello, I've one component made in flash mx, using actionScript1 and set to export as flash player6, but I'm making him v2 and flash7, but I've one single problem. using this in flash player6 actionScript2: _root.createEmptyMovieClip(clip, level++); it works perfectly, but if I publ...more >>

i've made this preloader code and it checks out with no script errors but when it comes to start the movie once eveything is loading or even load the frames it doesn't, can someone tell me what i've done wrong? Here is my code: stop(); if (_framesloaded >= _totalframes) { gotoAndPla...more >>

Hi it's me again... i was away a little so i didnt catch the answer u told me:( You deleted my topic. I asked that how can i link my own made flash buttons. That if i click then it opens same window....more >>

I?m trying to transfer data between a Flash Movie and Javascript, width Flash 8, but I got a problem! The same routine works fine in FireFox, but it does not work in IE 6 if the Flash Movie is inside <form></form> tags. Example: ----------------------- <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-a...more >>

Hi, I want to browse for files to upload and then instead of using the upload method I would like to use sendAndLoad to post the files to an upload page. How do I get the full path to the file? I see the name property but it only displays the file name itself without the path. My uploa...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to get my swf file to jump from frame one after all the photos fade in, to frame 10 where I have placed an mc to play, (name of the layer is poem), but I don't quite understand timeline scripting. I am pitifully new at this, and this site I am working on I have not be...more >>

Hi: i'm designing a web page using flash and i need to know if is there any way to leave the visitor of the page, the option to change the background color of the page by clicking on a button. thanks ...more >>

is there any way to get rid of the black border that appears around the scroll pane? cheers....more >>

I make a link in flash and when i click on the link it should be open externel Powerpoint ppt file. plz help me and give me the script. i am waiting. thank you:( I have this code but it is not working ... on (release) { fscommand ("exec", "Presentation.bat"); } ...more >>

Does anyone know how to use the window component to play FLV files within a larger SWF file? thanks!...more >>

i have built a dynamic application for one of my client. Now the problem is i wants to creat a sheard object which can contain the level information of my dynamic movie, through which if it (browser) gets refreshed or closed and open again it should display the last level of the movie befo...more >>

i tried to use loadSound but it's not work any one know how to read mp3 external file ? ...more >>

I am new to Flash and Actionscripting and I was hoping I could get some help. I am attempting to make a movie clip scroll when the mouse cursor is placed on top of it and stop when not. I have been trying all night and I can't figure it out. COuld someone help me please! ...more >>

I come from Director land where it is very easy to jump from one movie to another a la "gotomovie 'movieName'"...I know about Movie Clips, but since I have 2 separate pieces of logic already built into separate FLA files, I am finding it would be easiest as this point to jump from one movie to...more >>

I'm trying to make an inteactive map for a department. Let's say that A is the general floor map. If I press an area of the map, then it goes to another scene (B) with that part of the map. My question is how to go to scene A, by exiting scene B. I tried to make a gotoAndStop("Scene 1",1...more >>

Okay, so I edited this small 1 minute film and imported it into Flash. I added buttons (Play, Stop, etc.) to it and all the other essentials that I needed for this movie. My problem is that that the file is too big and if put on the internet, it will take way too long to load. Could s...more >>

I have a movie at http://www.sproutgraphics.com (no preloader, please give it a moment). Click the door to "enter." I would like the background of the html page to change when the background of the movie changes. How do I do that? I have an idea that it's calling some javascript code when a...more >>

when i execute following code for (i=0; i<xdivisons; i++) { this.createTextField("tLable"+i, this.getNextHighestDepth(), (ygaps*i+graphy)-(lableWidth/2), graphy+graphHeight+10, lableWidth, lableHeight); with("tLable"+i){ selectable = false; autoSize = "center"; text = 100; ...more >>

Hello, I want to check and see if I declare a global variable in the first frame of my movie, then load other movies in a movie clip within that movie, will those movies know about and can they affect that global variable? version: mx2004 publishing in flash 6 Thanks, Wendy ...more >>

Hey, can anyone tell me if its possible to assign behaviours to objects in actionscript?...btw I'm new to programming in ActionScript. I've created an object like a rectangle to represent a car and I want to know if Ican perhaps use actionscript to define how it interacts with the movieclip ...more >>